After initially saying Syracuse was “overcommitted” and unable to play Arkansas in the SEC/Big East Challenge, Syracuse AD Dr. Daryl Gross on Tuesday released a statement saying the Nov. 30 game in Fayetteville had been finalized.
“We discussed our concerns regarding Syracuse’s participation in the SEC/BIG EAST Challenge with the conference and have come to an agreement on the logistics of the game,” Gross said. “The Big East Conference will work with us to assist in our non-conference scheduling for the 2012-13 season.”
Earlier, Big East associate commissioner Tom Odjakjian told SNY.tv that the “schedule is set and no changes [are] planned.”
Syracuse is tentatively slated to leave the Big East following the 2012-13 season.
The three-day, SEC/BIG EAST schedule includes the following matchups:
Thursday, November 29
Marquette at Florida
Seton Hall at LSU
Kentucky at Notre Dame
South Carolina at St. John’s
Friday, November 30
Syracuse at Arkansas
DePaul at Auburn
Tennessee at Georgetown
Georgia at South Florida
Saturday, December 1
Alabama at Cincinnati
Rutgers at Mississippi
Mississippi State at Providence
Villanova at Vanderbilt
